Nicole

• Same eraVanessaLike Nicole, it was given most in the 1980s.#377 · falling
• Same rhythmGiselleSame beat as Nicole: two syllables, stress on the second, ending on a consonant, but it starts differently.#382 · steady
• ShorterBlaireOne syllable to Nicole's two, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#384 · rising
• LongerAmariThree syllables to Nicole's two: a long name beside a short one keeps them distinct.#380 · steady
• RiskyNoelleRhymes with Nicole. Cute on a birth announcement, confusing across a playground.#202 · steady

Suggestions come from names in this year's top 1,000. Rhythm and rhyme are judged from each name's pronunciation (Wiktionary's, or espeak's reading of the spelling), so a few calls may be off.